| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 18 10:26AM +0200 I had planned to score this quiz today, but due to a bout of fine summer weather, I'm delaying the scoring until Monday. (Or possibly Tuesday. The forecast is a little uncertain). In the meanwhile, if you have not entered already, please feel free to do so! |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 17 11:06PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-05, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". In some cases either the answers or the facts stated as current in the question have changed since the question was written. I've tried to call attention to such possibilities by inserting *tripled quotation marks* around words that were correct at the time of the original game -- for example, """now""" or """is""" (pretty much any present-tense verb may be marked). I will always accept the answer that was correct when the question was originally asked. If the facts have changed in such a way that a different answer is now correct (rather than some other sort of change), I will also accept the new correct answer -- unless there is an explicit note requiring otherwise. See the companion posting for further details. I did not originally write either of these rounds. * Game 3, Round 2 - History - Early French history 1. In 732 a famous battle was fought in which Frankish and Burgundian troops defeated Muslim forces from Spain. Name the battle *or* the French military leader. 2. Who was the King of the Franks from 768 to 814? 3. Which dynasty of French Kings began with Hugh in 987 and continued until the death of Charles IV in 1328? 4. In 1115 a French monk became abbot of a monastery that was to become highly influential in a reformist order that had split from the Benedictines. Name this monk *or* the order that he helped to build. 5. Starting in 1208 the Catholic church brought a crusade against *which group*, which it accused of heresy? 6. Which French legislative assembly was first called in 1302 by Philip IV, consisting of a council of nobles that he hoped would assist him in a dispute with the Pope? 7. Some of Philip's machinations must have succeeded, since a few years later his supporter Clement V became Pope, and the papacy moved -- to which French city? 8. Philip V became king in 1316. His succession was secured by the invocation of what body of law -- which, among other less controversial measures, dictated that the heir to the throne must be male? 9. Within 10 years on either side, when did the 100 Years' War (which actually lasted 116 years) end? 10. Joan of Arc became a French heroine for being instrumental in lifting the English siege of what city, in 1429? * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Famous First Words We'll tell you what sort of work something is, and whether it's a translation, and we'll give you the first few lines. You just give the title. 1. Autobiography. "When my mother was pregnant with me, she told me later, a party of hooded Ku Klux Klan riders galloped up to our home in Omaha, Nebraska, one night." 2. Popular science. "Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence. If superior creatures from space ever visit earth, the first question they will ask, in order to assess the level of our civilization, is: 'Have they discovered evolution yet?'" 3. Play. We've shown the first four lines, spoken alternately by two characters, whose names we have omitted along with most of the stage directions. "Heads. (pause) Heads. (pause) Heads. (pause) Heads. (pause) Heads." "There is an art to the building up of suspense." "Heads." "Though it can be done by luck alone." 4. Novel, in translation. "Eh bien, mon prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now no more than private estates of the Bonaparte family." 5. Novel. "I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice -- not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God." 6. Current affairs / business / marketing. "The astronomical growth in the wealth and cultural influence of multi-national corporations over the last fifteen years can arguably be traced back to a single, seemingly innocuous idea developed by management theorists in the mid-1980s: that successful corporations must primarily produce brands, as opposed to products." 7. Novel, in translation. "Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning." 8. Short story. "True! -- nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses -- not destroyed -- not dulled them. Above all was my sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell." 9. Novel. "Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith." 10. Sacred literature, in translation. "On the field of Truth, on the battle-field of life, what came to pass, Sanjaya, when my sons and their warriors faced those of my brother Pandu?" -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I don't know about your brain, msb@vex.net | but mine is really bossy." -- Laurie Anderson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 18 06:25AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:GNSdnfFuP7LA6I_CnZ2dnUU7- > 1. In 732 a famous battle was fought in which Frankish and > Burgundian troops defeated Muslim forces from Spain. Name > the battle *or* the French military leader. Charles Martel; Battle of Tours > 2. Who was the King of the Franks from 768 to 814? Charlemagne > 3. Which dynasty of French Kings began with Hugh in 987 and > continued until the death of Charles IV in 1328? Capet > 5. Starting in 1208 the Catholic church brought a crusade against > *which group*, which it accused of heresy? Catharians; Albigensians > 6. Which French legislative assembly was first called in 1302 by > Philip IV, consisting of a council of nobles that he hoped > would assist him in a dispute with the Pope? Parliament > 7. Some of Philip's machinations must have succeeded, since a few > years later his supporter Clement V became Pope, and the papacy > moved -- to which French city? Avignon > the invocation of what body of law -- which, among other less > controversial measures, dictated that the heir to the throne > must be male? Salic law > 9. Within 10 years on either side, when did the 100 Years' War > (which actually lasted 116 years) end? 1441 > 10. Joan of Arc became a French heroine for being instrumental in > lifting the English siege of what city, in 1429? Poitiers; Orleans > 1. Autobiography. "When my mother was pregnant with me, she told > me later, a party of hooded Ku Klux Klan riders galloped up to > our home in Omaha, Nebraska, one night." "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" > 4. Novel, in translation. "Eh bien, mon prince, so Genoa and > Lucca are now no more than private estates of the Bonaparte > family." "War and Peace" > not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person > I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's > death, but because he is the reason I believe in God." "A Prayer for Owen Meany" > 7. Novel, in translation. "Someone must have been telling lies > about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was > arrested one fine morning." "The Trial" > had sharpened my senses -- not destroyed -- not dulled them. > Above all was my sense of hearing acute. I heard all things > in heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell." "The Tell-Tale Heart" > 9. Novel. "Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine > Michael Smith." "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 18 09:46AM +0200 > 1. In 732 a famous battle was fought in which Frankish and > Burgundian troops defeated Muslim forces from Spain. Name > the battle *or* the French military leader. Poitiers > 2. Who was the King of the Franks from 768 to 814? Charlemagne > become highly influential in a reformist order that had split > from the Benedictines. Name this monk *or* the order that he > helped to build. Jesuits > 5. Starting in 1208 the Catholic church brought a crusade against > *which group*, which it accused of heresy? Cathars > 6. Which French legislative assembly was first called in 1302 by > Philip IV, consisting of a council of nobles that he hoped > would assist him in a dispute with the Pope? National Assembly > 7. Some of Philip's machinations must have succeeded, since a few > years later his supporter Clement V became Pope, and the papacy > moved -- to which French city? Avignon > 9. Within 10 years on either side, when did the 100 Years' War > (which actually lasted 116 years) end? 1430 > 10. Joan of Arc became a French heroine for being instrumental in > lifting the English siege of what city, in 1429? Orléans > 7. Novel, in translation. "Someone must have been telling lies > about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was > arrested one fine morning." The Process |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 17 11:51PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:t8-dnZdj9p3CFZPCnZ2dnUU7- > find *either one* on the map. Just name one letter; you don't > have to say which city it is. > 1. Either Zurich or Lucerne. Q > 2. Either Hamburg or Kiel. B > 3. Either Bonn or Cologne. I > For the next 3 questions, we name one city and you give the letter. > 4. Vienna. Z > 5. Munich. U > retreat was located near this town. His "Berghof" was > demolished, but the associated building known in English as > the "Eagle's Nest" is still there. X > bs cerpvfvba ratvarrevat. Jung vf vg? > 8. Pbagenel gb n pregnva zhfvpny zbivr, pvgl J vf abg ba gur obeqre > bs Fjvgmreynaq. Jung pvgl vf vg? Salzburg > 9. Jung pvgl vf F? Vaduz > 10. Jung havirefvgl pvgl, n gbhevfg snibevgr, vf Y? Heidelberg > A1. According to UFO enthusiasts, the US Air Force """is""" > still covering up the recovery of an alien spacecraft that > came down in July 1947 near what town? Roswell, New Mexico > A2. The center where research on this alien technology """is > now""" supposedly conducted is a place in the Nevada desert > called Area what? 57 > in 2007. > B1. The """present""" Governor of California is named Arnold. > Spell his last name. Schwarzenegger > B2. The US's """present""" Secretary of State is named Rice. > Spell her first name. Condoleezza > Wolfman Jack, Dale Evans, Mary Pickford. > * D. Canada's First Subway > D1. Within 1, what year did the Toronto subway open? 1955; 1958 > In each case we will list 5 characters and you must name the > Shakespeare play they appear in. > E1. Snug, Flute, Snout, Bottom, and Puck. A Midsummer Night's Dream > E2. Antipholus of Ephesus, Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of > Ephesus, Dromio of Syracuse, and Pinch. Titus Andronicus > capital city*. > F2. On the Australian mainland there are two territories. > Name *either one*. Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 17 11:04PM -0500 > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". Game 2 is over, and STEPHEN PERRY, has taken maximum advantage of the best-6-of-8 scoring to win without troubling to enter these last two rounds! Hearty congratulations, sir! When this game was posted in 2008, Stephen scored 22 points less (even though my rule then was that all 8 rounds counted), and finished second by a margin of 3 points behind Bill Daly. Good improvement! > For the first 3 questions we will name two cities and ask you to > find *either one* on the map. Just name one letter; you don't > have to say which city it is. In each case these were cities that are close together. > 1. Either Zurich or Lucerne. Q, R (respectively). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. In German those are Zürich and Luzern. > 2. Either Hamburg or Kiel. B, A (respectively). 4 for Joshua, Erland (the extra-hard way), Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 3. Either Bonn or Cologne. I, H (respectively). 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, and Pete. In German Cologne is Köln. > For the next 3 questions, we name one city and you give the letter. > 4. Vienna. Z. 4 for everyone. In German it's Wien. > 5. Munich. U. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. In German it's München. > retreat was located near this town. His "Berghof" was > demolished, but the associated building known in English as > the "Eagle's Nest" is still there. X. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > finished with the first six. > 7. City G has a strong cultural history as well as being a center > of precision engineering. What is it? Dresden. 4 for Erland. > 8. Contrary to a certain musical movie, city W is not on the border > of Switzerland. What city is it? Salzburg (misplaced in "The Sound of Music"). 4 for everyone. > 9. What city is S? Vaduz ["Fa-DOOTS"] (capital of Liechtenstein). 4 for everyone. > 10. What university city, a tourist favorite, is L? Heidelberg. 4 for everyone. > for fun but for no points -- then please give their letters > in alphabetical order followed by their names, in the style > "E - Chicago, F - Dallas, Z - Taipei". One guess per city. Germany: C - Rostock D - Hanover [Hannover in German] E - Leipzig F - Berlin J - Saarbrucken [Saarbrücken] K - Frankfurt M - Stuttgart N - Nuremberg [Nürnberg] Switzerland: O - Basle [Basel] P - Berne [Bern] T - Chur Austria: V - Innsbruck Y - Graz ? - Klagenfurt Only Erland tried these; he got all of them except Chur. I've been to BFHLOPQRSTUVWXYZ myself, by the way (not counting places where I did not leave the train, highway, or airport, as applicable). > A1. According to UFO enthusiasts, the US Air Force """is""" > still covering up the recovery of an alien spacecraft that > came down in July 1947 near what town? Roswell, New Mexico. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > A2. The center where research on this alien technology """is > now""" supposedly conducted is a place in the Nevada desert > called Area what? 51. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > in 2007. > B1. The """present""" Governor of California is named Arnold. > Spell his last name. SCHWARZENEGGER. (Left office 2011.) 4 for everyone. > B2. The US's """present""" Secretary of State is named Rice. > Spell her first name. CONDOLEEZZA. (Left office 2009.) 4 for Joshua and Pete. > * C. Celebrities: Things in Common > C1. What do/did the following celebrities have in common? > Linda Hamilton, Jill Hennessy, Ann Landers. Identical twins. 3 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > C2. What do/did the following celebrities have in common? > Tone Loc, LL Cool J, Mos Def, Busta Rhymes, Julianne Moore, > Wolfman Jack, Dale Evans, Mary Pickford. Their original names were: Tone Loc .......... Anthony Terrell Smith LL Cool J .............. James Todd Smith III Mos Def ............. Dante Terrell Smith Busta Rhymes ........ Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. Julianne Moore ......... Julie Anne Smith Wolfman Jack ........ Robert Weston Smith Dale Evans ........... Lucille Wood Smith Mary Pickford ....... Gladys Louise Smith. 4 for Joshua. > * D. Canada's First Subway > D1. Within 1, what year did the Toronto subway open? 1954 (accepting 1953-55). 3 for Pete. > D2. What were the subway's *two* original terminal stations? Eglinton, Union. > In each case we will list 5 characters and you must name the > Shakespeare play they appear in. > E1. Snug, Flute, Snout, Bottom, and Puck. "A Midsummer Night's Dream". 4 for everyone. > E2. Antipholus of Ephesus, Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of > Ephesus, Dromio of Syracuse, and Pinch. "The Comedy of Errors". 4 for Joshua. > * F. Australia > F1. There are 6 states in Australia. Name *any one and its > capital city*. All six fall in the second half of the alphabet: New South Wales ....... Sydney Queensland ............ Brisbane South Australia ....... Adelaide Tasmania .............. Hobart Victoria .............. Melbourne Western Australia ..... Perth. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > F2. On the Australian mainland there are two territories. > Name *either one*. Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Lei Sci Mis Ent Can His Geo Cha SIX Stephen Perry 39 39 32 40 32 40 -- -- 222 Joshua Kreitzer 4 24 32 40 0 40 24 39 199 Dan Blum 40 31 8 24 2 36 30 27 188 Dan Tilque 39 32 0 16 0 36 36 24 183 Pete Gayde 27 12 0 27 4 40 36 19 161 Erland Sommarskog 8 15 0 4 0 16 40 16 99 Bruce Bowler 28 32 -- -- 0 28 -- -- 88 "Calvin" 28 16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 44 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "This is, I am told, progress. msb@vex.net But I beg leave to doubt it." --Frimbo My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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